Number of Deaths and Age-adjusted Mortality Rates for the Ten Leading Causes of Death,Michigan and United States Residents, 2008

Michigan Rank & Cause of Death

Number of Deaths

Age-adjusted Mortality Rates

MI

U.S.

MI

U.S.

All Causes of Death

88,272

2,471,984

810.4

774.9

1.Heart Disease

24,369

616,828

220.7

192.1

2.Cancer

20,159

565,469

183.9

176.4

3.Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases

5,161

141,090

47.6

44.7

4.Stroke

4,650

134,148

42.3

42.1

5.Unintentional Injuries

3,679

121,902

35.6

39.2

6.Diabetes Mellitus

2,749

70,553

25.2

22.0

7.Alzheimer's Disease

2,734

82,435

24.8

25.8

8.Pneumonia/Influenza

1,875

56,284

17.1

17.6

9.Kidney Disease

1,659

48,237

15.1

15.1

10.Intentional Self-harm (Suicide)

1,173

36,035

11.7

11.6

Note: Rates are per 100,000 population. The
causes of death are listed in order of the 10 leading causes of death for Michigan residents in 2008.

Death records with
race/sex
not stated are included only in the "Total" column.

Data displayed
are by the underlying cause of death which is the condition giving rise
to the chain of events leading to death. Causes of death are classified
in accordance with the Tenth Revision of the International Classifications
of Diseases (ICD-10), a coding structure developed by the World Health
Organization. This revision has been used to classify deaths occurring
on or after January 1, 1999. The ICD-10
codes are grouped into broader categories for the causes listed in
this table in order to classify these selected causes of death (e.g.,
ICD-10 codes C00-C97 are used to indicate deaths due to cancer).